February 04, 2013

A Review of 2012

When I went to write a post summarizing 2012, I
looked at what I had completed during the year, and got
depressed.I'm sure that's why I haven't posted for almost three months! (I also got the flu, and my dog was sick for a week, and my
daughter was home for a short visit, but mostly I was just depressed.)
To fix the depression, ;) I started a couple of new projects (next post), and now I feel much better. And since I’m feeling a bit better, and in order
to hold myself accountable (and help me remember what I need to work on), here’s
my 2012 update.

(Warning: This post is mostly for me and boring, so
feel free to stop reading here!)

During 2012, I started NINE new projects:

1. Just Takes Two – finished roughly half the blocks.

2. Sparkle Punch Quiltalong – sent to be quilted*

3. Building Houses from Scraps – decided I’m not going to finish
these—will save for some project to use them in

Absolutely NO progress was made on numbers 1-8. A smidgeon of progress was made on numbers 9-12. So to sum up, in ALL of 2012, I finished two pillow
shams for my daughter--lucky her! That’s IT!

So, I’ve decided 2013 will have to be a "Year of
Finishing". It’s going to be boring, but it has to be done.
LITERALLY DONE. My goal is to send one quilt to the quilter each month or
two, and try to finish up a few of these tops (marked by *) or to at least get them quilted.

So far in 2013, I've had one quilt quilted--no binding yet (of course). The quilting does look great though:
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Front of Sparkle Punch

Back of Sparkle Punch

And we won’t talk about the projects that are older than 2010—Out
of sight, out of mind…..and definitely not on the to do list this year!

5 comments:

That wasn't boring! If it hadn't been for 2 deadlines I would NEVER have finished what I did, and I have at least as many waiting for borders, waiting for quilting, etc. You have quite a few ready or almost ready for quilting so you will make great progress this year. I'll be here to cheer you on!

I'm relieved to see I'm not the only one who didn't have a lot of finishes for 2012. I too was depressed when I realised I only finished one quilt myself and had one quilted for the whole year. The quilt I was hand quilting was started at least one or two years previously.

I have a book with all my projects listed and I strike them through with a marker when they are finished. Not looking very colourful nor is it up to date. I am a hopeless cause. I did finish a baby quilt though. May add that one so that I can cross it off. We are the same the world over.